Madame Lirrwiper understands Frrwench?' 'O dear no sir!' says I. 'Madame Lirriper don't understand anything of the sort.' 'It matters not,' says the gentleman, 'I will trrwanslate.' In Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy, Dickens flaunts his genius for expressing character through language. Mrs. Lirriper has a round-about way of telling her story, but tell is she does, and it involves an inheritance from a mysterious deceased Frenchman.